disinfection

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disinfection

  • /dɪsɪnˈfɛkʃən/

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noun disinfections

  1. countable, uncountable Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms. Recent activity in the field of blood product disinfection has been based on a photovirucidal approach, with the requirement that the other microbial branches are also susceptible.

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noun treatment

Españoldesinfección
한국어소독 sodok
日本語消毒 shōdoku
中文消毒 xiāodú
Portuguêsdesinfecção
Françaisdésinfection
DeutschDesinfektion, Desinfizierung
Italianodisinfezione
Ελληνικάαπολύμανση apolýmansi
Русскийдезинфе́кция dezinfékcija, обеззара́живание obezzaráživanije
Tiếng Việtsự tẩy uế

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@misc{disinfection_2026,
  title = {disinfection},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disinfection},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}